The City Council has made Planning a top priority recognizing it as an essential component in promoting economic development and fostering high quality neighborhoods. As one of the fastest growing communities in the nation, the City’s planning efforts are necessary to ensure orderly growth, provide adequate infrastructure to accommodate that growth, and to establish standards to promote high quality development. The Planning and Development Services Department prides itself on providing outstanding customer service and administering a well-coordinated development review process.

“Our planning and development staff is second to none, and works diligently to meet the needs of its customers in a timely, professional manner,” Hadley said. “I’m thrilled they received this recognition from their peers.”

Planning has its hand in both long range and current land planning, demographics, historic preservation and development review and permitting.